Communications earth & environment
Article | 27 November 2020 | Open Access
Accelerating land cover change in West Africa over four decades as population pressure increased
Land cover change has accelerated in West Africa between 1975 and 2013 as human-dominated land area more than…
- Stefanie M. Herrmann
- Martin Brandt
- Rasmus Fensholt
Article 25 November 2020 | Open Access
Magmatic volatiles episodically flush oceanic hydrothermal systems as recorded by zoned epidote
Deep-sea hydrothermal systems are episodically flushed by fluids of magmatic origin, as revealed by the chemical…
- Stephen Fox
- Yaron Katzir
- Justin Glessner
Article 19 November 2020 | Open Access
Weak orogenic lithosphere guides the pattern of plume-triggered supercontinent break-up
The location of orogenic belts has a strong influence on the rifting of supercontinents after mantle plumes…
- Zhuo Dang
- Nan Zhang
- Yebo Liu
Article 18 November 2020 | Open Access
Arctic riparian shrub expansion indicates a shift from streams gaining water to those that lose flow
Shrub canopy height and density is greater along Arctic streams that lose water into unfrozen ground than along…
- Anna K. Liljedahl
- Ina Timling
- Ronald P. Daanen
Article 12 November 2020 | Open Access
Arsenic mobilization by anaerobic iron-dependent methane oxidation
Methane can increase groundwater arsenic contamination by triggering the dissolution of arsenic-bearing iron…
- Martyna Glodowska
- Emiliano Stopelli
- H. Prommer
Article | 12 November 2020 | Open Access
More meteorological events that drive compound coastal flooding are projected under climate change
Concurrent coastal extremes – storm surges and flooding from precipitation – are 2.5 times as frequent in…
- Emanuele Bevacqua
- Michalis I. Vousdoukas
- Luc Feyen
Article | 10 November 2020 | Open Access
Reduced methane recovery at high pressure due to methane trapping in shale nanopores
Liquid-like methane could be trapped in pores of less than 2 nm, rather than recovered, when higher peak pressure…
- Chelsea W. Neil
- Mohamed Mehana
- Hongwu Xu
Article 09 November 2020 | Open Access
Distinct influences of large-scale circulation and regional feedbacks in two exceptional 2019 European heatwaves
Two exceptional heatwaves affected Europe in June and July 2019. Although both were driven by the large-scale…
- Pedro M. Sousa
- David Barriopedro
- Ricardo M. Trigo
Article 04 November 2020 | Open Access
Ryder Glacier in northwest Greenland is shielded from warm Atlantic water by a bathymetric sill
A bathymetric sill in Sherard Osborn Fjord, northwest Greenland shields Ryder Glacier from melting by warm…
- Martin Jakobsson
- Larry A. Mayer
- June Padman
Article | 04 November 2020 | Open Access
Rapid conversion of isoprene photooxidation products in terrestrial plants
Isoprene oxidation products are deposited rapidly into poplar leaves, where they undergo detoxification, and up…
- Eva Canaval
- Dylan B. Millet
- Armin Hansel
Article 02 November 2020 | Open Access
Significant stream chemistry response to temperature variations in a high-elevation mountain watershed
Dissolved organic carbon in high-mountain streams respond strongly to temperature variability, peaking at…
- Wei Zhi
- Kenneth H. Williams
- Li Li
Article 30 October 2020 | Open Access
Complex rupture dynamics on an immature fault during the 2020 Mw 6.8 Elazığ earthquake, Turkey
The 2020 Mw 6.8 Elazığ earthquake displayed cascading rupture behavior along an immature fault with most of its…
- František Gallovič
- Jiří Zahradník
- Fatih Turhan
Article | 28 October 2020 | Open Access
Changes in coupled carbon‒nitrogen dynamics in a tundra ecosystem predate post-1950 regional warming
Biological productivity and carbon dynamics in Arctic ecosystems started to change prior to human-induced warming…
- N. John Anderson
- Daniel R. Engstrom
- Adam J. Heathcote
Article | 22 October 2020 | Open Access
Environmental and microbial controls on microbial necromass recycling, an important precursor for soil carbon stabilization
Microbial necromass recycling, which can influence soil carbon stabilization, is controlled by microbial growth…
- Kate M. Buckeridge
- Kelly E. Mason
- Jeanette Whitaker
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